... coffee and pepper in their plots. 37 The assignment of the land to the villagers for maintenance and tapping does not make the villagers owners of the land. However, the status of the landholding ... 2+3 scheme, the land is held by the villagers, in this case, the villagers give away the land and the company gains a concession right to the land37. Thus, as the contract is made, the villagers ... land left, they were able to farm rice and keep their orchards as before and maintain or increase their standard of life. When their work on the farm was done, they were able to supplement their...